Winston Jones’ Other Performances (other than golf!)
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For those who attended the funeral of Winston Jones, you will I am sure heard mention of Winston being part of a band in the 1960’s. Some time ago I asked Winston the name of the group, and he replied:
‘Blue Notes or Blue Tones (it was neither!), I can’t remember‘.
Fortunately all has been revealed. I was directed to a web site called ‘Notts Music Archive’. From that web site I have extracted the relevant information about the two bands that Winston was a member of. I am sure that for many of us who were teenagers in the 60’s this will be a trip down memory lane, and you may recognise in particular the venues where the bands performed. Enjoy!
If after browsing the information below, you want to know more about the Notts Music Archive – click HERE (opens in a new window).
The Bluespots – 1965/67 – There were 4 line ups of The Bluespots.
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Line Up One
Winston Jones (Vocals) |
Line up Two Winston Jones (Vocals) “This was the line up that recorded at Codolar Studio. We recorded two songs, both Don Covay covers. Seesaw & Mercy Mercy”. Clive Gamble’s Codolar studio was on Middle Pavement, Nottingham. You can read about it HERE. (opens in a new window) |
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Line up Three
Winston Jones (Vocals) |
Line up Four
Winston Jones (Vocals) |
Newspaper Cuttings
1965
1966
“We would get paid £8, £10 or £12, and if you got £15 you were like…. Some pubs would only offer £4 or £5 but if they offered us a gig for less then £8 we would turn it down”.
“Well, I can remember, we had a support gig with Our Young. It was somewhere on the east coast maybe. We didn’t know we had to be there really early and when we got there they were already playing at 7pm. They had the hump with us all night”.
“We played a couple of times at the Gallery Club, still waiting for the money from Bill Kinnell !”
Hendrix and Cream
Hendrix and Cream were inspirational bands in the mid sixties.
“I saw Cream at the Beachcomber. I saw Hendrix too. It was only a small place with a low ceiling. Me and Pam were at the front. At the Cream gig they had 4 4by12’s each. I was at the front with Pam. It was so loud that they stopped playing after two songs. The roadies came in and halved everything. They took two lots of 4 by12’s away but they still had 8 12’s. At the end Eric Clapton hung the guitar around Pam’s neck and shoulders. I was reaching around Pam trying to play the guitar until the roadies came to take it away and I was still trying to play a few licks on Clapton’s SG.”
1967
In the autumn of 1967 The Bluespots changed their name to The Litter.
The Litter – 1967/69
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Winston Jones (Vocals)
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NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
1967
In December 1967 The Litter were booked to support Amen Corner at the Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Amen Corner had to pull out and asked Pink Floyd to take their place. They had both recently been on the same bill with Jimi Hendrix on the November 67 package tour. “Pink Floyd didn’t turn up. We turned up and the promoter made us play all night long for the same money. It was slinging down with snow. We did support the Small Faces one time at the Festival Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield”.
1968
1969
By the autumn of 1969 The Litter parted ways.